Topic
Bad Relationships
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Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?
For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →
and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.
the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment;
Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.
Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →
Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication; — read the full passage →
Where there is no counsel, purposes are disappointed; But in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; — read the full passage →
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:
He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.
Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.
Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.
Asa ring of gold in a swine’s snout, So isa fair woman that is without discretion.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go: — read the full passage →
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:
But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →
Ye therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness.
Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.
Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward.
And as for you, the anointing which ye received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any one teach you; but as his anointing teacheth you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, ye abide in him.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →
All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;
But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? — read the full passage →
but as it is, I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat.
Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves:
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice: — read the full passage →
and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. — read the full passage →
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good.
Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.
Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh — read the full passage →
A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.
Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →
The beginning of strife isas when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.
Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men. — read the full passage →
Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold, thy son! — read the full passage →
Hear this word that Jehovah hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying, — read the full passage →
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →
A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.
Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.
Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. — read the full passage →
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; — read the full passage →
and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works; — read the full passage →
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →
This isthe end of the matter; all hath been heard: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man. — read the full passage →
Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.
Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.
There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.
For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Saviour, and Christ Jesus our hope; — read the full passage →
Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husbandalso, and he praiseth her, saying: — read the full passage →
And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him. — read the full passage →
But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come. — read the full passage →
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →
but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;
Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? — read the full passage →
For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe. — read the full passage →
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. — read the full passage →
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